We know you cannot get enough of these cars, on track or images. I have trawled through our photos from the 2024 Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion at Laguna Seca in August and show all but five of the cars we raced with. Most of these photos are by our esteemed friend and Allard fiend Colin… Continue reading Our cars at the 2024 Rolex
Category: Monterey Car Week
1952 Jaguar C-Type XKC018
Every Jaguar C-type is special, but few cars can claim to have had Formula 1 champions as both its first owner and its current one, from many decades apart. This particular C-type, chassis XKC018, is believed to have been originally supplied to Juan Manuel Fangio, and raced extensively across South America. Despite the arduous nature… Continue reading 1952 Jaguar C-Type XKC018
Rob Manson, Baldwin Special
Rob Manson, Steward of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group, at the wheel of his unique 1949 Baldwin Mercury Special. Details about the car athttps://dmtrg.com/rob-manson-1949-baldwin-mercury-special/andhttps://dmtrg.com/1949-mercury-baldwin/ We are so grateful to have friends who take great photographs and make them available for the pleasure of everyone. Colin Warnes, leading light of the Allard Register http://www.allardregister.org/, has… Continue reading Rob Manson, Baldwin Special
In the fast lane
The atmosphere we create at the Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion or at the Velocity Invitational are inspiring places, even for someone not immersed in motor racing legend and diff oil. Rob Manson, I and several of you made my old friend Andrew de Lory – veteran and photographer from Fremont CA – feel welcome at… Continue reading In the fast lane
1951 Jaguar XK120 road test
We are pleased to be able to show you the original road test and review of the Jaguar XK120 in Road and Track of May 1951. Note the remark “The Jaguar XK120 is by far the fastest car tested by Road & Track”! The particular car (#670191) tested is of great importance to us all… Continue reading 1951 Jaguar XK120 road test
ALL-British show returning to Monterey
We are so pleased to get this email from Kristan that we take the liberty of relaying it in full here. I am sure he will get the support of our numerous British-faithful Del Monte boys and gals. From: Kristansnarf <kristansnarf@aol.com>Date: December 8, 2024 at 10:03:45 pm GMT-3 Hi Rob, and everyone,I am a HUGE fan… Continue reading ALL-British show returning to Monterey
Rolex Historics – press release
Here is the preview press release from the Del Monte Trophy Race Group for our races at the Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion 11-13 August 2023
Video from Victory Lane – Pebble Beach 70th anniversary Aug 14-15, 2021
Wow. A masterful video summarising our Pebble Beach 70th anniversary Aug 14-15 by Jim Rose and featured on Victory Lane’s web site. Many thanks to Celac Colvert at Victory Lane for providing it to us, for the pleasure. The slo-mo shots of the Manning, Rob’s Kurtis, the Tatum, the Hanssen Baldwin , the Cannon and… Continue reading Video from Victory Lane – Pebble Beach 70th anniversary Aug 14-15, 2021
Pebble Beach descendants — at the Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion 2021
The Del Monte Trophy Race Group is proud to announce a unique event within this year’s celebration of the 70 years since the inaugural Pebble Beach Road Races and Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. At the 2021 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, five of the early 1950s Special in the Del Monte Trophy Race Group 4A will… Continue reading Pebble Beach descendants — at the Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion 2021
1954 Warrior-Bristol
Rod Nuckey was a young English driver whose family owned the Warrior Tap & Die Company in Hertfordshire. In 1953 he acquired a Cooper-Bristol Formula 2 Mark II, chassis CB Mk23153. Nuckey won several races during 1953, in the Cooper racing for Ecurie Richmond. However at the final Snetterton meeting of the year the car… Continue reading 1954 Warrior-Bristol